"昆布" meaning in Japanese

See 昆布 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kõ̞mbɯ̟] Forms: 昆布 [canonical] (ruby: (こん), ()), 昆布 [canonical] (ruby: 昆布(コンブ)), konbu [romanization]
Etymology: First cited to a record in the Shoku Nihongi, written 715 CE. Theories include: * From Middle Chinese 昆布 (MC kwon puH, “seaweed, kelp”). * From Ainu, possibly via Ainu コムブ (kombu, “a brown seaweed, Laminaria”), which may also be borrowed from Middle Chinese 昆布 (MC kwon puH, “seaweed, kelp”). The early date of first citation, and the existence already in 715 of the kanji spelling 昆布, seems to make a Chinese derivation more likely. See the Wikipedia article about kombu for additional etymology details. Cognates among the Ryukyuan languages include Kunigami 昆布 (kubū), Okinawan 昆布 (kūbu), Southern Amami Ōshima 昆布 (kubu), Miyako 昆布 (kubu), and Yaeyama 昆布 (kubu). Etymology templates: {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{m+|ltc|-|w=1}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|昆布|seaweed, kelp}} 昆布 (MC kwon puH, “seaweed, kelp”), {{m+|ain|-|w=1}} Ainu, {{m+|ain|コムブ|t=a brown seaweed, Laminaria|tr=kombu|w=1}} Ainu コムブ (kombu, “a brown seaweed, Laminaria”), {{m+|ltc|-|w=1}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|昆布|seaweed, kelp}} 昆布 (MC kwon puH, “seaweed, kelp”), {{cog|xug|昆布|tr=kubū}} Kunigami 昆布 (kubū), {{cog|ryu|昆布|tr=kūbu}} Okinawan 昆布 (kūbu), {{cog|ams|昆布|tr=kubu}} Southern Amami Ōshima 昆布 (kubu), {{cog|mvi|昆布|tr=kubu}} Miyako 昆布 (kubu), {{cog|rys|昆布|tr=kubu}} Yaeyama 昆布 (kubu) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こんぶ|コンブ}} 昆(こん)布(ぶ) or 昆布(コンブ) • (konbu)
  1. kombu, kelp, tangle, laminara Categories (topical): Seafood
    Sense id: en-昆布-ja-noun-s1HpdXCF Disambiguation of Seafood: 85 15 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ko̞bɯ̟] Forms: 昆布 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), kobu [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|こぶ}} 昆(こ)布(ぶ) • (kobu)
  1. same as above Categories (lifeform): Brown algae Synonyms: above [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: 昆布締め (kobujime) (ruby: 昆布締(こぶじ)) Related terms: 広布 (hirome) (ruby: 広布(ひろめ)), えびすめ (ebisume)
    Sense id: en-昆布-ja-noun--HqgxulJ Disambiguation of Brown algae: 34 66 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 34 66 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 昆布 meaning in Japanese (4.9kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.